Uttarakhand DGP warns Tablighi members: ‘Report to authorities by April 6 or face murder bid charge if any case reported’

DGP Anil K Raturi on Sunday issued an appeal to Tablighi Jamaat members who have been part of any gatherings recently to produce themselves before the police and administration by April 6. Their medical examination will be conducted and they will be put in quarantine and provided medical assistance if necessary.

“….if the police and administration after April 6 come to know that somebody was deliberately hiding himself and after that that person has spread infection in the area, action will be taken under the charge of attempt to murder, besides the Disaster Management Act and other sections of IPC. A case of murder will be lodged if someone dies in the village or locality due to that infection. Strict action will be taken,” the DGP warned.

DGP Anil K Raturi

Raturi said state intelligence, administration and police officials were trying to track all Tablighi Jamaat members who had recently visited Nizamuddin and have now returned to Uttarakhand.

Police have compiled a list of 325 names of people who came to Uttarakhand from other states to participate in activities of the Tablighi Jamaat after March 1. Nine of these have left the state. Officials said that 260 of them were put in institutional quarantine till Saturday. Further, 383 people from Uttarakhand had gone outside the state as part of Tablighi jamaats after March 1 and 26 of them are yet to return while the rest are in institutional or home quarantine in the state.